His Majesty The King, accompanied by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, visited Gaeddu College of Business Studies on 25th March 2015. His Majesty granted Audiences to the students of the college, as well as the faculty. Their Majesties are on a Royal Tour of the southern dzongkhags On 24th March His Majesty …
Read More »Japan assists Bhutan with 20 ambulances, bridge construction and channel renovation
The Government of Japan will be providing a total assistance of JPY-172,000,000 (one hundred and seventy two million yen) for replacement of 20 ambulances (Phase 2), JPY-10,690,000 (Ten million six hundred ninety thousand yen ) for the Renovation of Irrigation Channels in Mongar Gewog, Mongar and JPY-10,460,000 (Ten million four …
Read More »Home Minister leads govt delegation in UN Disaster conference
Leading RGoB’s delegation to the Third United Nations World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (14-18 March, Sendai), Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs during the Plenary session (16 March) highlighted the vulnerabilities, priorities, achievements, and the challenges faced by Bhutan in the field of disaster risk reduction. …
Read More »His Majesty reminds new police recruits to protect and serve
His Majesty The King, accompanied by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, graced Royal Bhutan Police’s 47th Batch Gagsars’ Attestation Parade on 15th March. 150 men and 50 women recruits who completed their training at Jigmeling and four men and two women cadet officers who trained at Tashigatshel Police Training Centre, presented …
Read More »PM meets with Bhutanese community, Google, Tesla and other luminaries in USA
Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay who is on a 9-day visit to the United States of America from 15th to 24th March 2015 to raise awareness for the ‘Bhutan for Life’ initiative met with the Bhutanese Community in New York on the day he arrived the United States. Speaking to hundreds of …
Read More »Western Dzongkhags achieve most targets
Paro, Haa, Wangdue, Punakha and Gasadzongdags presented their mid-year evaluations of the annual performance agreements (APAs) signed between the Prime Minister and the dzongdags last year. In lieu of the Prime Minister, Lyonpo Dorji Choden, Minister for Works and Human Settlement chaired the meeting in Paro today. Commending the dzongkhags …
Read More »Evaluating civil servants through GPMS
For the first time ever, Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, Ministers, Secretaries, Dzongdas and Planning Officers sit down together at a meeting to share and discuss the plans and programs of ministries (central government) with the dzongkhags (local government). Thanking the cabinet ministers, secretaries, dzongdags and dzongkhag officials assembled for the event, …
Read More »1,450 power tillers by 2017
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) has asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for support to start a “chiwog grant assistance for farm mechanization and services” project The project aims to provide 1,450 power tillers at the chiwog level. The Programme Director of Agriculture Machinery Centre, Karma Thinley, …
Read More »HM asks students to compete and excel with the world
His Majesty The King granted an Audience to 174 students who received scholarships to study abroad after excelling in their Class 12 examinations on 11th March 2014. His Majesty The King congratulated the students for their achievements so far, and said that they must now compete and excel among students …
Read More »International Women’s Day to be celebrated on 8th March
Annually celebrated on 8 March, the International Women’s Day (IWD) the theme “Make it Happen.” Bhutan joins the global community this year to celebrate women’s achievements while calling on for greater gender equality in Wangdiphodrang. Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck will grace the occasion as the chief guest, joining …
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